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"word": "a-form"
},
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"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "ablativform"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "aggregatform"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "akkusativform"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "alfaform"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "allativform"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "anbringelsesform"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "ansiktsform"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "avhengighetsform"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "bakkelsform"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "behandlingsform"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "bevissthetsform"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "bladform"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "blandform"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "blandingsform"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "blokkform"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "boform"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "bokform"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "brevform"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "brikettform"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "brødform"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "buform"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "bydeform"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "bønneform"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "bøyingsform"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "bøyningsform"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "dagsform"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "dampform"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "dativform"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "De-form"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "debattform"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "deltaform"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "dialektform"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "diktform"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "diminutivform"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "dobbeltform"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "dråpeform"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "du-form"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "dualisform"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "dyreform"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "eieform"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "eksistensform"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "eneform"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "energiform"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "engleform"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "entallsform"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "flertallsform"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "flertalsform"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "folkemålsform"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "foretaksform"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "forholdsform"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "formaldehyd"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "formidlingsform"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "fortelleform"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "fortidsform"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "framstillingsform"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "fremtredelsesform"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "genitivsform"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "gipsform"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "gjenstandsform"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "haglform"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "hjerteform"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "jeg-form"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "kakeform"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "knappeform"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "mellomform"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "menneskeform"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "muffinsform"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "målform"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "navneform"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "nevneform"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "nominativform"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "nominativsform"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "objektsform"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "rettskrivingsform"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "slipeform"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "tabellform"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "tablettform"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "tidsform"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "trykkform"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "U-form"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "urform"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "verbalform"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "verseform"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "versform"
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"2": "non",
"3": "form"
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"3": "fōrma",
"4": "",
"5": "form; figure, shape"
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"3": "μορφή",
"4": "",
"5": "shape, form"
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"etymology_text": "From Old Norse form, from Latin fōrma (“form; figure, shape”), perhaps from Etruscan *morma, from Ancient Greek μορφή (morphḗ, “shape, form”), possibly of Pre-Greek origin.",
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"form": "forma",
"tags": [
"definite",
"singular"
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},
{
"form": "formen",
"tags": [
"definite",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "former",
"tags": [
"indefinite",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "formene",
"tags": [
"definite",
"plural"
]
}
],
"hyphenation": [
"form"
],
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"lang_code": "nb",
"pos": "noun",
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"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"english": "she is truly delicious, that hag. She has somewhat extravagant curves",
"ref": "1874, Henrik Ibsen, Peer Gynt, page 151",
"text": "hun er sandelig lækker, den taske. Hun har noget extravagante former",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "the swimsuit [does not] hide any of her curves",
"ref": "1951, Agnar Mykle, Morgen i appelsingult, page 34",
"text": "badedrakten skjuler [ikke] noe som helst av hennes former",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "so much talk there is about \"getting together\" and \"keeping in shape\" and \"tightening up\"",
"ref": "1999, Stig Sæterbakken, Sauermugg, page 159",
"text": "så mye snakk det er om å «ta seg sammen» og «holde på formene» og «stramme seg opp»",
"type": "quotation"
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"glosses": [
"a form, shape (the outer configuration of a thing; figure, outline)",
"curves (the shape of a human, especially a woman's body)"
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"configuration#English"
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"figure",
"figure#English"
],
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"outline",
"outline#English"
],
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"curve",
"curve"
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],
"raw_glosses": [
"a form, shape (the outer configuration of a thing; figure, outline)",
"(in the plural) curves (the shape of a human, especially a woman's body)"
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"tags": [
"feminine",
"in-plural",
"masculine"
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"examples": [
{
"english": "form means… the way in which the manifold connects to a whole",
"ref": "1906, Johan Sebastian Welhaven, Samlede Digterverker I, page 91",
"text": "form betyder … maaden, hvorved det mangfoldige forbinder sig til et heelt",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "this whole facility [the castle square] can be brought into harmony and architectural form",
"ref": "1931, Morgenbladet, page 5",
"text": "hele dette anlegg [slottsplassen] kan bli bragt i harmoni og arkitektonisk form",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1933, Christian A. R. Christensen, Det hendte igår, page 160",
"roman": "if you build a modern metropolitan building or a gas station à la grecque temple, you will not get the right organic connection between the fabric and the shape that is characteristic of the real art, the real style",
"text": "bygger man … en moderne storby-bygning eller en bensinstasjon à la gresk tempel får man ikke den riktige organiske sammenheng mellem stoffet og formen som er kjennetegnet for den ekte kunst, den ekte stil",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2006, Lars Roar, Når fuglen letter, page 79",
"text": "[Håkon Gullvåg ble] satt til å undervise ved Institutt for form og farge på NTH\n[Håkon Gullvåg was] set to teach at the Department of Design and Color at NTH",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"a form, shape (the outer configuration of a thing; figure, outline)",
"a shape, form (the way in which details, especially outer lines, are prepared, arranged, assembled into a harmonious whole)"
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"configuration",
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"figure",
"figure#English"
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"outline",
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"shape",
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"tags": [
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"masculine"
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"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"english": "the form should raise the contents, but not sugary it, so you do not see what flour is in the food",
"ref": "1847–1868, Halfdan Kjerulf, Av hans efterladte papirer 1847–1868, page 145",
"text": "formen skal jo hæve indholdet, men ikke oversukre det, saa man ikke seer, hvad meel der er i maden",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "[a beneficial doctrine for life] is presented in an ingenious and appealing form",
"ref": "1873, Henrik Ibsen, Kejser og Galilæer, page 75",
"text": "[en gavnlig lære for livet] fremsættes i en sindrig og tiltrækkende form",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "it is customary with us Norwegians to lack a sense of the meaning of form and instead stick to the substance",
"ref": "1877, Arne Garborg, Den ny-norske Sprog- og Nationalitetsbevægelse, page 112",
"text": "det er sædvanligt hos os … nordmænd dette at mangle sans for formens betydning og derimod holde os til stoffet",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "what is beauty? Consistency between content and form",
"ref": "1909, Henrik Ibsen, Efterladte Skrifter I, page 396",
"text": "hvad er skjønhed? Overensstemmelse mellem indhold og form",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "the people of this remote area still hold on to the old forms",
"ref": "1944, Per Imerslund, Videre i passgang, page 13",
"text": "folkene i dette avsidesliggende strøket holder enno på de gamle formene",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "new vision, new mind necessarily requires new form",
"ref": "1964, Lorentz Eckhoff, En verden, page 106",
"text": "nytt syn, nytt sinn krever med nødvendighet ny form",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "[Silvio] Berlusconi's success [was] based on form, not content",
"ref": "2006, Simen Ekern, Berlusconis Italia",
"text": "[Silvio] Berlusconis suksess [var] basert på form, ikke på innhold",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "Form is not the author's strongest side.",
"text": "Formen er ikke forfatterens sterkeste side.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"a form, shape (the outer configuration of a thing; figure, outline)",
"form (way of expressing oneself; way of acting)"
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"form",
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"configuration",
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"figure",
"figure#English"
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"synonyms": [
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"word": "innhold"
}
],
"tags": [
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"masculine"
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"english": "design generally means the figure under which a certain force manifests itself",
"ref": "1943, Johan Sebastian Welhaven, Samlede Digterverker I, page 91",
"text": "form betyder ialmindelighed den skikkelse, hvorunder en vis kraft ytrer sig",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "in any case, the intrusion dresses here in such a faithful design that it arouses amusement rather than indignation",
"ref": "1909, Henrik Ibsen, Efterladte Skrifter I, page 292",
"text": "i al fald klæder påtrængenheden sig her i en så troskyldig form at den snarere vækker morskab end forargelse",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "every nation's art is from the folk song through the small forms over time horizontal to the larger, fuller, more combined. Had Kjerulf nurtured great designs, such as the sonata, the symphony, then he would have tried a task that did not belong to him",
"ref": "1957, Edvard Grieg, Artikler og taler, page 73",
"text": "enhver nations konst er fra folkesangen gjennem de små former i tidernes løb vandret over i de større, fyldigere, mere combinerede. Havde Kjerulf pleiet store former, som sonaten, symphonien, da havde han forsøgt en opgave, som ikke tilkom ham",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "Grieg's quartet… was the pure desecration of the design Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven had created some of their finest works in",
"ref": "1944, Børre Qvamme, Musikk, page 113",
"text": "Griegs kvartett … var den rene vanhelligelse av den formen Haydn, Mozart og Beethoven hadde skapt noen av sine fineste verk i",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "Schumann… was somehow too short of breath to succeed completely in \"the great design\"",
"ref": "1944, Børre Qvamme, Musikk, page 123",
"text": "Schumann … var liksom for kortpustet til å lykkes helt i «den store form»",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "The de-form has almost disappeared, and is mostly used in written form",
"ref": "2005, Erik Lundesgaard, Skikk og bruk",
"text": "De-formen er nesten forsvunnet, og brukes for det meste i skriftlig form",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "it was not like I enjoyed the taste of coffee or the feeling of smoke…, the point was to have it done, it was a routine, and as with all routines, it was all in form",
"ref": "2009, Karl Ove Knausgård, Min kamp 1, page 262",
"text": "det var ikke slik at jeg nøt smaken av kaffe eller følelsen av røyk …, poenget var å ha det gjort, det var en rutine, og som med alle rutiner, lå det hele i formen",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "undisguised threats in the form of letters",
"ref": "2010, Eivind Buene, Enmannsorkester",
"text": "utilslørte trusler i brevs form",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "the success [came] in the form of a few scholarships",
"ref": "1907, Jens Thiis, Norske malere og billedhuggere II, page 372",
"text": "medgangen [kom] i form af et par stipendier",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "the father is over the son with a brief admonition in the form of an intense and unambiguous look",
"ref": "1992, Øivind Hånes, Venterommet der sporene viskes ut",
"text": "faren er over sønnen med en kort formaning i form av et intenst og utvetydig blikk",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "[happiness] comes in the form of a woman who suddenly stands before him",
"ref": "2018, Simon Stranger, Leksikon om lys og mørke, page 123",
"text": "[lykken] kommer i form av en kvinne som plutselig står foran ham",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "payment in the form of a few bottles of wine",
"ref": "2020, Trond Vernegg, En halvfull forsamling, page 100",
"text": "betaling i form av et par flasker vin",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "in the form of; in the shape of",
"text": "i form av",
"type": "example"
}
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"a form, shape (the outer configuration of a thing; figure, outline)",
"a form, design (the way in which something acts, is organized or manifests itself)"
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"tags": [
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"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "nb",
"name": "Physics",
"orig": "nb:Physics",
"parents": [
"Sciences",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
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"source": "w"
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"english": "this whole facility [the castle square] can be brought into harmony and architectural form",
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"text": "bygger man … en moderne storby-bygning eller en bensinstasjon à la gresk tempel får man ikke den riktige organiske sammenheng mellem stoffet og formen som er kjennetegnet for den ekte kunst, den ekte stil",
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"english": "the form should raise the contents, but not sugary it, so you do not see what flour is in the food",
"ref": "1847–1868, Halfdan Kjerulf, Av hans efterladte papirer 1847–1868, page 145",
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"english": "it is customary with us Norwegians to lack a sense of the meaning of form and instead stick to the substance",
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"english": "what is beauty? Consistency between content and form",
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"english": "the people of this remote area still hold on to the old forms",
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"english": "new vision, new mind necessarily requires new form",
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"english": "[Silvio] Berlusconi's success [was] based on form, not content",
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"english": "in any case, the intrusion dresses here in such a faithful design that it arouses amusement rather than indignation",
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"text": "i al fald klæder påtrængenheden sig her i en så troskyldig form at den snarere vækker morskab end forargelse",
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"english": "every nation's art is from the folk song through the small forms over time horizontal to the larger, fuller, more combined. Had Kjerulf nurtured great designs, such as the sonata, the symphony, then he would have tried a task that did not belong to him",
"ref": "1957, Edvard Grieg, Artikler og taler, page 73",
"text": "enhver nations konst er fra folkesangen gjennem de små former i tidernes løb vandret over i de større, fyldigere, mere combinerede. Havde Kjerulf pleiet store former, som sonaten, symphonien, da havde han forsøgt en opgave, som ikke tilkom ham",
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"english": "Grieg's quartet… was the pure desecration of the design Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven had created some of their finest works in",
"ref": "1944, Børre Qvamme, Musikk, page 113",
"text": "Griegs kvartett … var den rene vanhelligelse av den formen Haydn, Mozart og Beethoven hadde skapt noen av sine fineste verk i",
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"english": "Schumann… was somehow too short of breath to succeed completely in \"the great design\"",
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"english": "The de-form has almost disappeared, and is mostly used in written form",
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"english": "it was not like I enjoyed the taste of coffee or the feeling of smoke…, the point was to have it done, it was a routine, and as with all routines, it was all in form",
"ref": "2009, Karl Ove Knausgård, Min kamp 1, page 262",
"text": "det var ikke slik at jeg nøt smaken av kaffe eller følelsen av røyk …, poenget var å ha det gjort, det var en rutine, og som med alle rutiner, lå det hele i formen",
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"english": "the success [came] in the form of a few scholarships",
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"english": "the father is over the son with a brief admonition in the form of an intense and unambiguous look",
"ref": "1992, Øivind Hånes, Venterommet der sporene viskes ut",
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"english": "[happiness] comes in the form of a woman who suddenly stands before him",
"ref": "2018, Simon Stranger, Leksikon om lys og mørke, page 123",
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"english": "payment in the form of a few bottles of wine",
"ref": "2020, Trond Vernegg, En halvfull forsamling, page 100",
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"form#English"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(physical) shape, form (a human or animal's physical condition, especially in terms of endurance and athletic performance)"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "kondisjon"
},
{
"word": "frisk"
},
{
"word": "sunn"
}
],
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine",
"physical"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/fɔrm/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɔrm"
},
{
"audio": "Nb-form.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/1d/Nb-form.ogg/Nb-form.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1d/Nb-form.ogg",
"text": "Audio"
}
],
"word": "form"
}
{
"etymology_number": 3,
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "nb",
"2": "verb form"
},
"expansion": "form",
"name": "head"
}
],
"hyphenation": [
"form"
],
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"lang_code": "nb",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"form_of": [
{
"word": "forme"
}
],
"glosses": [
"imperative of forme"
],
"links": [
[
"forme",
"forme#Norwegian Bokmål"
]
],
"tags": [
"form-of",
"imperative"
]
}
],
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{
"ipa": "/fɔrm/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɔrm"
},
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"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1d/Nb-form.ogg",
"text": "Audio"
}
],
"word": "form"
}
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"called_from": "page/1498/20230118",
"msg": "''a form, shape (the outer confi'[...]' gloss has examples we want to keep, but there are subglosses.",
"path": [
"form"
],
"section": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "form",
"trace": ""
}
{
"called_from": "page/1498/20230118",
"msg": "''a form, mold (a hollow form or'[...]' gloss has examples we want to keep, but there are subglosses.",
"path": [
"form"
],
"section": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "form",
"trace": ""
}
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Norwegian Bokmål dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-06 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
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